Our stay at the Shoes Maker Home was great! A full 10/10! This newly renovated townhouse was super charming. They did a great job showing the Chinese-Thai heritage of the building that was used as a shoe making facility for many years, while still giving it all of the modern amenities of today. You would be hard pressed to find another townhouse with this much local charm in Bangkok -or really S. E. Asia for that mater.
I especially like how there was a little tea room set up overlooking the first floor for evening tea and drinks.
It makes for the perfect place to stay with a family or group of friends to get way to the Ton Buri side of Bangkok just down the road from Icon Siam and across the river from China Town. The host family was super friendly and helpful to us while there. And staying in this little street full of other residence was also a fun interesting experience. It really gave a little preview of what living in this side of the city as a local is like -and the whole community was actually very welcoming to us. Plan to staycation there again and explore more of the Wong Wian Yai area.